Bracket



A. E. NELSON Feb. 20, 1951 BRACKET Filed Jan. 10, 1946 Patented Feb. 20, .1951

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEk BRACKET Arthur E. Nelson, University City, Mo.

Application January 10, 1946, Serial No. 640,284

8 Claims.

The present invention relates generally to-supporting constructions, and more particularly to a novel supporting bracket for maintaining a supported device in position against a vertical surface.

There are in use numerous types of brackets for supporting such devices as can openers, juicers and the like from a vertical surface such as a wall or cabinet. The present invention is an improvement on existing bracket constructions and combines novel means for mounting and dismounting a supported device and for pivotal movement of a supported device when in mounted relation.

It is an object of thepresent invention to provide a novel wall bracket by which a supported device may be readily mounted in position against a wall for use.

Another object is to provide a novel wall bracketadapted to support a device for immediate and simple release from supported position.

.Another object is to provide a novel wall bracket which is sturdy and simple in construction, which maintains a supported device in a positive manner for use, and which provides for movement of a supported device in a horizontal plane.

Another object is to provide a novel wall bracket which combines means for mounting and dismounting and for horizontal pivoting of a supported member.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the present invention are apparent from the following description taken with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a mounted bracket constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, the supported member being broken away for conservation of space;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 showing the bracket in front elevation;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bracket shown in Fig. l, the supporting wall for the bracketl removed from the stationary member of theA bracket;

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the stationary wall member of the bracket; and

Fig. 8 is a front elevational View of the stationary wall member shown in Fig. '7.

Referring to the drawing more particularly by reference numerals, the present invention comprises a bracket generally designated III. Broadly, bracket Iii includes a stationary Wall member I2 (Figs. 7 and S), a movable U member i4, a pin I6, a compression spring I8, and a supported member 20.

The stationary wall member I2 is of L configuration in vertical cross section (Fig.`4), including a vertical portion 22 and a horizontal portion 24. The vertical portion 22 has two spaced integral lugs 26 struck out of the Vertical portion and formed downwardly turned for a purposeY described below. The vertical portion 22 \,also has four apertures V28, which receive screws 32 for securing the member I2 to a wall 32, or the like. The horizontal portion 24 has a circular edge 34 in which are radial slots it. A circular aperture 38 is disposed at the center of the circle of which the edge 34 is a half circumference.

The U-shaped member I4 includes a bight 45), an upper leg 42 and a lower leg 44. The bight 40 is formed to include two Shoulders 46 and a reduced portion 43, the shoulders 46 being spaced to nt beneath and the reduced portion 48 to slide between the lugs 2S of the stationary wall member I2. The legs 42 and 44 include circular apern tures 50 and 52, respectively, of slightly less diameter than the aperture 38 in the stationary member I2, the apertures 38, 50 and 52 being in vertical alignment when the U-shaped member I4 is disposed with its shoulders 46 engaged by the lugs 26.

The supported member 20 includes spaced aligned cylindrical portions 54 and 56 which, with a main body portion 58, form a yoke. A shoulder is formed along the bottom edge of the main body. It is to be understood that the supported member 2U has connected thereto, or has formed integral therewith, some supported device, such as a can opener, juicer, Sharpener, or the like.

In Fig. 2, a cotter pin Il is shown in dotted lines extending through the pin I6 beneath the wall member I2. Suchwan anchoring means may4 the screws 30 and remains so fixed with the horizontal portion 24 extending from the wall. In mounting a supported device, the pin I6 is inserted, in succession, through the aperture 56 of the U-shaped member i4, the compression springr I8, the cylindrical portion 5c of the supported member 2D, the aperture 52, and the cylindrical portion 56. With the several parts so disposed, the pin I6 is inserted in the aperture 38 of the stationary member I2, the shoulder 5I) being inserted inra selected slot 36, preferably the center slot for ease of operation. The pin I6 is then pushed downwardly against the compression of the spring I8 to the position shown i-n Fig. 6, and the assemblage pivoted about the inner edge of the slot 36 as a fulcrum until the Vouter surface of the bight 40 is flat against theyertiCal-.portion 22 of the stationary member I2. Pressure on the pin I6 is then released, whereupon thespring I8 will expand, raising the shoulders i5 into position beneath the lugs 26. The supported device is then in readiness for use. To remove the supported device from the wall, it is but necessary toreverse the aforesaid steps.

Normally, a supported device will be used while maintained in a position vvertical to the wall, that is, with the-shoulder 60 disposed in thecentral slot 36. When it is desired to swingthe supported device to one side, it is but necessary to raise the supported device vertically -with the hand, thereby compressing the -spring I8, as shown in Fig. 5, and clearing the shoulder 6@ from the central slot 36. The supported device may be swung to the right or to the left to either of the side slots, the spring I8 forcing the shoulderv B0 into such slot upon registering therewith.

From the foregoing and the accompanying drawing, it is clear that the novel bracket IB combines easy swinging movement of a supported device and ready mounting and dismounting of the same from a Wall or the like. The one spring I8 serves to maintain the supported device positively in a selected position and to keep the movable U -shaped member-|42 securely in place against'the stationary member I2. bracket is exceedingly simple, both for horizontal swinging and for dismounting and mounting of a supported device.

It is manifest from the foregoing that the applicant has provided a novel bracket which fullls all the objects and advantages sought therefor. It is to be understood that the bracket embodiment herein disclosed is given byway of illustration only, it being fully recognized that `modications may be made without departure from the scope of the invention, the invention being limited only by the claims 'which follow.

What is claimed is:

l. In combination, a fixed member, a supported member, and means mounting said supported member on said xed member permitting vertical movement of said supported member in respectto said fixed member and permitting ready mounting and dismounting of said supported member in respect to said xed member, said means `including a movable member having a portion `slidably engaging said stationary member anda-portion resiliently maintainedin spaced relation'to said supported member.

2. In combination, a stationary member including a vertical portion and a horizontal-portion, a U-shaped member, a supported member including a yoke portion, means connecting vsaid stationary member, saidU-shaped member, andsaid supported member as a unit including means re- The operation of the.

`said lugs of said stationary member and urging said supported member into engagement with said horizontal portion of said stationary member.

4. In combination, a stationary member, a supported member, a U-shaped member, and means connecting said stationary member, said supported member and said U-shaped member as a unit permitting vertical `and pivotal movement of said supported member in respect to said other members and permitting Vvertical movement of said U-shaped'member in respect to said stationary member and said supported member for dismounting or" said U-shaped member and said supported member from said stationary member, said connecting means including a resilient member normally biasing said U-shaped member and said-supported member in opposite directions to maintain said supported mcmber in a selected fixed relationship with ,said stationary member and said U-shaped member in securing engagement with said stationary member.

A5. In combination, a stationary memberinclu-ding a vertical portion having spaced lugs and a horizontal portion, a supported member including a yoke-shaped portion, a U-shaped'member, and means connvctingsaid stationary member, said supported member and said U-shaped member as a unit including a member extending through the legs of the U-shaped memberVthe yoke of the supported member and the horizontal portion of the stationary member, saidconnecting means further including resilient means biasing said supported member into releasable engagement with the horizontal portion of :said stationary member and said U-shaped member into releasable engagement with the spaced lugs of the vertical portion of the stationary member.

6. In combination, a member adapted to be secured to asupporting wall, said member including a vertical portion having spaced lugs and a horizontal portion, a U-shaped member, a supported member having' spaced cylindrical portions, a circular aperture in each of the legs o1 the U-shaped member and in the horizontal portion of the stationary member, a connecting member extending through each of said apertures and through the cylindrical portions of said supported member, said U-shaped member including shoulders slidably engaging under said lugs on said vertical portion of said stationary member, and spring means disposed about said connecting means and between one leg of the U-shaped member and one of said cylindrical portions of the support-d member, said spring means resiliently maintaining said shoulders of the U-shaped member in locking engagement with the lugs of the stationary member and said supported member in engagement with the horizontal portion of said stationary member.

'7. In combination, a stationary member, asupported member, a movable member, a post exm Number ber and said movable member in opposite directions.

ARTHUR E; NELSON.

REFERENCE S CITED The following references are of record in the Yile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date McLean June 13, 194:4V 

